INITIATIVE | 124 Small changes can make a big difference in the environmental future of our company, our community and our planet. That's why Shaw's corporate facilities department invested in mulching lawnmowers for use at 54 Georgia-based Shaw Industries facilities in Whitfield and Murray counties.
The mulching mowers, which return grass clippings to the lawn, reduce the need to clean debris from the lawns after mowing. Instead, mower clippings returned to the lawn fertilize the lawns, retain water and return organic matter to the soil. The process also reduces the amount of inorganic fertilizer needed to keep the soil healthy and the lawns green.
The corporate grounds crew then further reduces landfill waste by composting additional lawn refuse, including limbs, leaves and shrubbery clippings. The composted waste is eventually used for landscape mulch – essentially returning green to green in another example of the Shaw Green Edge.
